Systems and methods for device detection and authorization in a iot framework

A device for automatically admitting a device to a network, the device comprising:

• a memory containing instructions;
• and
• at least one processor, operably connected to the memory, the executes the instructions to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from the one or more authorized devices in the network, first data that is associated with one or more sensing modalities, wherein the one or more sensing modalities are detected by the one or more of the one or more of the authorized devices during a defined time window;
• identifying a new device to be admitted to the network;
• constructing a time sequence of proximity events of the new device, within the defined time window, based on the first data;
• determining that the time sequence of the proximity events matches an expected time sequence of expected of proximity events;
• and
• admitting the new device to the network based on the determining.

A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing one or more processors to perform a method, the method of automatically admitting a device to a network comprising:

• receiving, from the one or more authorized devices in the network, first data that is associated with one or more sensing modalities, wherein the one or more sensing modalities are detected by the one or more of the one or more of the authorized devices during a defined time window;
• identifying a new device to be admitted to the network;
• constructing a time sequence of proximity events of the new device, within the defined time window, based on the first data;
• determining that the time sequence of the proximity events matches an expected time sequence of expected of proximity events;
• and
• admitting the new device to the network based on the determining.

A method for admitting a new device to a network, the method comprising:

• receiving, from the new device, a first series of time interval data based on a time traversal interval between authorized devices in the network;
• comparing at least a portion of the first series of time interval data with a predetermined second series of time interval data;
• determining that the at least a portion of the first series of time interval data matches the predetermined second series of time interval data;
• and
• admitting the new device to the network based on the determining.